Don’t miss out on extra free childcare for working families

There’s just three weeks left to apply for an extra 15 hours’ of free childcare from September. To be sure of receiving their full entitlement you must apply for a place by August 31.

All three and
four year olds are already eligible for 15 hours’ childcare funded by the
council in borough nurseries, childminders and other Ofsted-registered
settings. Now some parents will be able to get a total of 30 hours of funded
term-time childcare a week.

To be eligible
you must be a two-parent working family or a lone working parent earning more
than the equivalent of 16 hours per week at the national living wage.

The council’s
spokesman for education and children’s service, Cllr Sarah McDermott, said: “We know that free childcare is a real help for
families struggling to make ends meet. We already offer it to all three and
four year olds, and some two-year-olds in a wide range of high-quality
childcare settings, and I would urge parents to see if they are eligible for
these extra hours.”

Parents can
apply for the extended funding now at www.childcarechoices.gov.uk. Apply by the
end of August to be sure of receiving a full academic year’s allocation of 30 hours’
free childcare.

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Hello I would like to know if my little daughter it's already in the application for her school. She will be 3 years on nov 13 I made application in the 2 nears school from my location ravenstone and trinity St Mary's school from Balham. Please let me know if it the correct process for apply. Thank you